It is available free to all v5 Mac Beta users. Choose check for updates from the help menu.

Affected update channels:

Mainstream

YearbookFusion User

Resolved issues:

Several stability issues fixedCleanup of External Editing feature
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When you right-click on an image and choose image > external edit > edit in external tool,
1. We remember your preference to copy the image first, or work directly on that image
2. By default, the duplicated & edited image is saved beside the original
3. Where you save the image to is now a user preference

Mac-specific
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External drives are detected upon insertion, instead of requiring a restart
The file/open dialog shows the Mac desktop, documents, and user folders
PSD Thumbnails are now rendered correctly

We concentrated on problems with projects in Remote Storage that do not load correctly on user machines, or projects on local machines that cannot be saved to remote storage.
We also worked on v4<->v5 compatibility in preparation for the rollout of V5.

Version 5.0 - Mac Beta Pre-Released

This is a pre-release of v5 intended to give access to FotoFusion to Mac users. It is only available to Mac users.

The final V5 release will include other features and will be available on the PC as well.

Mac users who purchased v4.5 on or after April 21 2011 should email support(AT)LumaPix(DOT)com to arrange their free upgrade; our standard 90-day purchase protection policy applies FOR THE MAC PLATFORM.

PC users purchasing v4.5 on or after July 21 2011 will get v5 when it ships at no charge.

Version 4.5

03 April 2009

Form Factors

Easily retarget your compositions from one album format to another – for example, design the bride & groom’s album at 12×12, and then conform the entire project to an 8×8 album for the parents with a single click!

File Naming

Text Tags

It’s now easier than ever for expert users to dig information out of images – for example, to build personalized contact sheets, to name rendered output with more descriptive filenames, or to label frames with frame ID’s for proofing and review by brides. (Enhanced & Extreme Only)

Form Factors

Introduction of Form Factors – power tools that ensure that your layouts match specifications from album manufacturers.

Version 4.0

02 February 2007

Overview of Version 4

Version 4.0 represented a profound re-architecting of FotoFusion, with a completely new database-oriented approach to content which unlocked ecommerce, template publishing and consumption, and partnering opportunities. Much of what made the original FotoFusion user interface so unique was preserved, with the addition of features such as better default handling and a completely revamped organizer responding to user feedback.

Paper + Digital Templates

The dotScrap Alliance is a new Scrapbooking industry consortium based around FotoFusion – including K & Company, Creative Imaginations, Daisy D’s, Westrim, KI Memories, L’il Davis, Scrapbook.com, ScrapJazz.com, MyCliqueTV, and more. Paper kits found in retail stores that are marked with ‘dotScrap Ready’ have easily-downloaded FotoFusion templates to make the paper kits even easier to work with.

Improved Autocollage

Autocollages can be ordered by file name, file date, exif date, or randomized. In addition to FotoFusion’s signature ‘jumble’ and ‘fitted’ arrangements, images can now preserve their original aspect ratios even if this leaves gaps between images.

Integrated Online Library

Search and download from an ever-growing database of elements, templates, and complete projects.

Default Handling

Changes to frame borders, text attributes, etc can automatically update the default settings, which are applied when new frames and text are created.

Red Eye Removal

Easily remove Red-Eye from pictures without relying on external tools.

Smart Content

Work with intelligent graphical objects that act the way you expect: envelopes that hold images, paperclips and pins that hold paper, frames that can be reshaped without stretching, and multi-layer elements.

Improved User Interface

A system of pop-up windows bring searches, image folders, and other image sources to your fingertips. “Starting points” make it easier to begin projects with a particular project type in mind.

Grouping

Select several objects and group them to be manipulated as a unit, with or without direct access to the group members. (Enhanced & Extreme Only)

Organizer

Find your images faster with a completely rewritten Image Organizer, with support for sorting, keywords, and direct folder access. Rate your images, attach keywords, put them into categories, and search by any criteria.

PSD and PDF Export

In addition to JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP and GIF, FotoFusion can now export to multi-page PDF and, if the content contains no downloaded dotScrap content, as layers in a PSD file for further work in Photoshop and other editing tools. (Extreme only)

Tree View

Your project can be viewed as a tree structure, allowing you to access partially occluded objects and edit grouped objects with ease. (Extreme Only)

Page Size Improvements

Project pages can now be identified as cameo images, two-page spreads, or sides within an album. Sides have asymmetrical gutter/edge/top/bottom control over bleed and safe areas. Album page counts take page types into account. (Enhanced and Extreme only)

Color Space Tagging

If you shoot Adobe RGB, FotoFusion can pass your images through and tag the results as Adobe RGB. The results will look correct when printed and rendered as Adobe RGB images. (Extreme Only)

Project Archive

Create a single large file containing your composition and all referenced source images, to streamline transferring work between machines or backing up important data on removable storage.